September 11, 2013

Financial planning team advances to nationals

Once again the student team from the College of Human Ecology advances to the national Financial Planning Challenge.

Sam Honey, Rashelle West and Jamie Engelken will to go Orlando, Fla., in October. The team was selected from a financial plan submitted to the Financial Planning Association which, along with the Certified Financial Planner board of standards and Ameriprise, sponsors the national competition.

Their coach is Ann Coulson, assistant professor in the School of Family Studies and Human Services. K-State is the only university to send a team to the finals every year since the competition began in 2000. In 2012, the students won first place.